1 files changed, 1 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/git.c b/git.c
index 9dbe6ffaa7..3fded74519 100644
--- a/git.c
+++ b/git.c
@@ -267,7 +267,7 @@ static int handle_options(const char ***argv, int *argc, int *envchanged)
 		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "--shallow-file")) {
 			(*argv)++;
 			(*argc)--;
-			set_alternate_shallow_file((*argv)[0], 1);
+			set_alternate_shallow_file(the_repository, (*argv)[0], 1);
 			if (envchanged)
 				*envchanged = 1;
 		} else if (!strcmp(cmd, "-C")) {